Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 862

Be The Dealer?

Want to deal to blackjack players instead of trying to beat the house yourself? Bethedealer.com and other similar sites like playanddeal.com allow you to do this. By playing against the house you accumulate "credit points", which allow you to deal against other players, if your bankroll can handle it...read more

When You Win, You Lose!

When I first started my gaming career, my mother took me aside and said: "Be careful. The casinos will win in the end." I asked her why and she replied: "Because the casinos are the casinos." Now, she didn't know about odds and edges, speed and number of decisions; she knew one thing: "The casinos will win in the end." I pressed her further...read more

Top 200 Slots

As mentioned in the feature article of Slots Report #35 newsletter, following are Top Slots #102-147. An explanation of the calculations follows: For the complete article, go to www.casino.com/newsletter/slots/archive/!Slot manufacturers offer casinos a slot payout percentage range--lowest to highest--plus an average hit frequency when all lines/reels are activated for that particular version...read more

The Slot Expert's Guide to Winning at Slots and Video Poker

A few weeks ago I started our discussion of money management by describing what money management isn't. Money management isn't altering your bet based on past results. It also isn't quitting while you're ahead...read more

If Betting Is Not A Crime, Is It Legal?

In New York, it is not a crime to make a bet. But does that mean that betting in New York is legal? This may sound like legal hair-splitting. But the U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to overturn a lower court's decision that betting does not have to be a crime to be illegal, resulting in a felony conviction for Jay Cohen, with a probable 21 months in prison...read more

Tribal Casino Communities Provide Important Lessons for Economic Spin-off

The Native American casino gaming industry grew rapidly following the enactment of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) in 1988 by the United States Congress. IGRA outlines what procedures a Tribe must compile with in order to open a Las Vegas style casino gaming facility...read more

Disturbing trends

It used to be that if you wanted to find a good blackjack game, you had to go to Las Vegas. Because of the intense competition for players, casinos in Las Vegas always offered decent rules and good games. They were the standard that players used when comparing blackjack games in other locations...read more

Ability to Anticipate Bankroll Swings Is a Vital Gambling Skill

Sophisticated gamblers anticipate the kinds of bankroll swings they may encounter during normal action. This knowledge of volatility helps avoid errors such as starting with too small a stake and consequently busting out prematurely, setting win goals too high and accordingly being unhappy with earnings that are actually quite good for the conditions in question, and getting manic or depressed over peaks and valleys and therefore acting impulsively rather than rationally...read more

Is It Better to Win Early or Late?

Is it better to win early, or is it better to win late? Readers have asked me that often over the years. My standard response is that if I'm playing near home, I'd rather win late and bring all the money home. If I'm staying at a casino hotel for a few days, I'd rather win early, put my original stake away and play with the winnings...read more

Readers Write

A few weeks ago I wrote a column about catching Royal Flushes at video poker and invited readers to share some of their interesting adventures with the "royal family." This one comes from Elgin resident James Rudolph: "This true story happened a couple years ago at the Grand Victoria...read more